Gearing device.



C. H. STAIB.

GEARING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 13.1915- 1,174,906. Pa tented Mar. 7, 1916.

- STATESIQPATENT OFFICE.

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To all/whom it may. concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H. S'ram, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bethel,inthe county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gearing Devices, of

. whichthe following'is a specification.

- The present inventionrelates to a hand operated gearing device for mixing, cleaning etc., and the object of the invention is to .providea device ofthis kind primarily adapted for use in kitchens, wherebythe interior of bottles may be easily and quickly 1 cleaned and whereby stirring and mixing of plished.

liquids: or paste, etc.,-may be readily accom- In carrying out my invention. it is my purposeto provide an article of this character which will accommodate mixing and cleaning apparatus of. various kinds which will embody thedesi'rablefeatures of simplicity, cheapness and thorough efiiciency.

1 It is also my purpose to construct a shaft or spindle in one of its ends provided with a chuck, at its opposite end mounted in a' tubular socket," to arrange upon the spindle a-toothed wheel, to'detachably secure to the socket a handle member and a lever, to provide the lever with a ,rack bar which is adapted to 'co-act with the toothed wheel upon the spindle, and to further provide a guide or contact'member for the rack to one the teethof thes'ame intopositive en- ;g ga gement withthe teethof thewheel, and

to arrange a spring between the handle and lover so that the lever and rack bar are nor- 0" With the above and other mally moved to one position with relation to the spindle and handle. r objectsin view, the improvement resides in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and fallin within the scope of the appended claims;

n the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the presentinvehtiori, a rotary brush beingattached thereto, Fig. 2 is; a central nlongltudinal section through the same showmg a beater member arranged thereon, Fig. 3 1s a sectional view approximately on the line 3- -3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view approximately on the line 44 of Fig. 2, and Fig.5 is a similar sectional view; approximately on the line 55 of fieferring now to the drawing in detail,

Specification of Letters Patent.

gthe numeral l designates a rod or spindle which is round in cross section and which has one of its ends provided with a chuck 2,

.whereby the shanksof a cleaning member,

to the spindle. Carried by the spindle is a toothed wheel 5, the same being preferably removably and adjustably secured to the Patented Mar. '7, 1916. Application filed December 13, 1915 Serial No. 86,602.

spindle,and thespindle receives a bar and.

a tubular-socket 6, the end of the spindle being provided with a reduced portion which projects through an opening in the partially closed end of the socket and this projecting portion of the spindle is provided with a securing element, such as a cotterpin, or the like, and which is indicated by the numeral 7. v The numeral 8 designates a collar'which is removably and adjustably secured upon the socket 6, the said collar being preferably formed with an angular extension providing a handle19. The collar, diametpivoted, asat 11, a lever 12. The lever is extended in opposite angular directions from the pivot 11, and one end of the said lever is provided with an an larly arranged rack bar 13, the same being concentric of the pivot 11- and positioned to engage withcludes an arm 18 which has one 0 its ends secured to or formed with a-sleeve 19 that is adjustably secured upon the socket 6. By

such an arrangement, it will be noted that the collar of the guide member may be moved angularly of thesocket so that the Head of the ide may be forcedwith the desired friction against the smooth side of the rack bar 13', to retain the teeth of the same into contacting engagement with the teeth of the wheel 5. It will be further noted that by arranging the lever 12 upon the adjustable collar 8, the said lever may be adjusted longitudinally topositively position the teeth of the rack bar into engagement with the teeth of the wheel 5.

The numeral 20 designates a flat spring rically opposite. the handle is formed with a projecting lug 10 to which is centrally which has one of its ends secured 't o th thehandle and consequently move-the rack T spindle, a chuck for the nected .to the socket, a; rack bar formed upon one end of the lever and adaptedto bar to one position with relation to dle 1 and the tooth wheel-5.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying dra win thesimplicity ofthe device, as well as the a van-- 10 what I claim is:

the spintages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those sln'lled in' the art further detailed description. 7 Having thus described the towhich such invention appertains without invention,

1. In a devlce'for the socket, a lever centrally and pivotally .con-

cooperate with the toothed wheel, a guide member contacting withthe smooth face'of thei'rack bar, to force the teeth ofthe same into en agementi with the teeth of the wheel,

a'hand el upon the socket and a spring between thehandle and the ever.

' 2. In a vdevice for the pu ose set forth, a rotatable spindle, a toothe wheel adjustably arranged upon thespindle, a bearing socket for one end of the spindle, means for retaining the spindle in the socket, a handle having a collar, removably and adjustably connected with the tubular socket, a substantially U-shaped lever centrally pivoted to the collar and arranged diametrically opposite the handle, a spring between the lever and-"handle, said lever having one of its ends formed with a-laterally extending rack bar which is adapted to co-act with the toothed wheel of the spindle, the rear or. H smooth face ofthe rack bar being rovided purpose ser- -orth, a

s1 indle, a: toothed wheelupon the spindle, a bearing socket for the spindle, a handle com acted wth the with a lon 'tudinalIy extendin 11b and a guidemem er having a chan-ne ed head receiving the rib, said guide member including an arm providedwith a collar which is rotatably, and adjustably secured upon the 

